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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tik'uttadak
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From onomatopoeic root (possibly from the same as *tikka) + *-ttadak.
Verb
*tik'uttadak (stem *tik'utta-)
- to tick, to knock in a continuous manner, like a woodpecker knocks a tree
Inflection
Inflection of *tik'uttadak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *tik'ut'an | *tik'ut'ein | — | *tik'uttagon |
| 2nd sing. | *tik'ut'at | *tik'ut'eit | *tik'ut'ak | *tik'uttagos |
| 3rd sing. | *tik'uttapi *tik'utta | *tik'uttei | *tik'uttakahen | *tik'uttakohen |
| 1st plur. | *tik'ut'akmek *tik'ut'akmak | *tik'utteimek *tik'utteimak | *tik'uttakademek *tik'uttakadamak | *tik'uttakodemek *tik'uttakodamak |
| 2nd plur. | *tik'ut'aktek *tik'ut'aktak | *tik'utteidek *tik'utteidak | *tik'uttakade *tik'uttakada | *tik'uttagot'ek *tik'uttakodadak |
| 3rd plur. | *tik'uttabat *tik'utta | *tik'uttei | *tik'uttakahen | *tik'uttakohen |
| passive | *tik'ut'aksen | *tik'uttatihen *tik'ut'attihen | *tik'uttatagasen *tik'ut'attagasen | *tik'uttatagosen *tik'ut'attagosen |
| connegative | *tik'ut'ak | — | *tik'uttagak | *tik'uttagok |
| passive connegative | *tik'ut'aktak | — | *tik'uttatagak *tik'ut'attagak | *tik'uttatagok *tik'ut'attagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *tik'ut'akcin | *tik'utteicin | *tik'uttanen | |
| 2nd sing. | *tik'ut'akcit | *tik'utteicit | *tik'uttanet | |
| 3rd sing. | *tik'ut'akci | *tik'utteici | *tik'uttani | |
| 1st plur. | *tik'ut'akcimek *tik'ut'akcimak | *tik'utteicimek *tik'utteicimak | *tik'uttanemek *tik'uttanemak | |
| 2nd plur. | *tik'ut'akcidek *tik'ut'akcidak | *tik'utteicidek *tik'utteicidak | *tik'uttanedek *tik'uttanedak | |
| 3rd plur. | *tik'ut'akci | *tik'utteici | *tik'uttani | |
| passive | *tik'uttadakcisen *tik'ut'at'akcisen | *tik'uttaticisen *tik'ut'atticisen | *tik'uttatanesen *tik'ut'attanesen | |
| connegative | *tik'ut'akcik | *tik'utteicik | *tik'uttanek | |
| passive connegative | *tik'uttadakcik *tik'ut'at'akcik | *tik'uttaticik *tik'ut'atticik | *tik'uttatanek *tik'ut'attanek | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *tik'uttadak | present | *tik'uttapa | *tik'uttataba *tik'ut'attaba |
| infinitive 2 | *tik'uttate- | past | *tik'uttanut | *tik'uttatu *tik'ut'attu |
| gerund/supine | *tik'uttama | |||
| action noun | *tik'uttaminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: tikutama/tikutada
- Finnish: (dialectal) tikuttaa
- Ingrian: tikuttaa
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: tikuttua
- Livvi: tikuttua
- Veps: tikutada
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tikittää”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- tikutama in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN